Get your treasure hunting on during garage sales this weekend Get ready for the treasure hunt. Their trash can be your treasure. See what you can find this weekend at the Thorndale Area Chamber of Commerce City-Wide Garage. Rockdale and Thorndale are combining for a giant garage sale on Saturday, Sept. 8. Thanks to Jeni Anders for coordinating the garage sales in Thorndale. Full Story

IN TOP SHAPE—
Wayne Vinson (left) with Snap Fitness in Rockdale visits with Roman Razo at the one year anniversary event held Thursday at the business. Full Story

Books for building permits for the City of Rockdale’s 2011-12 fiscal year have come to a close and numbers are above the $1 million mark, but down slightly from last year.
Permit values total $1,132,505.11 for the just closed fiscal year that began in October 2011. That is down compared to $1,218,841.19 last year. Full Story

It is important to give back for future generations “A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.”— Albert Einstein W hat a profound quote. Full Story

IN BUSINESS Doing business as....
Business filings in the Milam County Courthouse over the past week included the following: Abandonment of Assumed Names
James Long and Kari Long dba A Self Storage Place (v. 1,179, p. 726). Assumed Names
Robin Y. Thomas et al dba M.E. Young Sons (v. 1,179, p. 400). Full Story